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CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1971

Figures for 1971, as Global Carbon Project published them · stored as published, never rewritten

CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1971 covers 196 countries. Sint Maarten is highest, at 195.5711; Bhutan is lowest, at 0.0115. The middle country reads 1.6929. Against 1970, 195 values changed (143 up, 52 down), 1 country joined.

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CO₂ Emissions per Capita · Data for 1971

HighestSint Maarten

195.5711

LowestBhutan

0.0115

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end. A higher value is the worse result.

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1971, as published. Global Carbon Project ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 196 countries · select a heading to sort

CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1971: every country, as published by Global Carbon Project.
derived
1Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean195.5711
2CuraçaoCUWCaribbean79.5277
3QatarQATWestern Asia69.6200
4United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia63.1798
5BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia54.4602
6LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe38.5947
7BahamasBHSCaribbean35.2292
8KuwaitKWTWestern Asia31.3467
9New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia21.1174
10United StatesUSANorthern America20.7459
11EstoniaESTNorthern Europe18.3765
12CzechiaCZEEastern Europe16.4937
13CanadaCANNorthern America16.0907
14Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia16.0462
15ArubaABWCaribbean13.7514
16GermanyDEUWestern Europe13.2372
17BahrainBHRWestern Asia13.1644
18KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia13.1210
19NauruNRUMicronesia13.0044
20BelgiumBELWestern Europe12.5561
21United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe11.8159
22RussiaRUSEastern Europe11.6775
23AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand11.6263
24DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe11.4857
25SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe11.3555

02In 1971

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Sint Maarten195.5711
  2. 2Curaçao79.5277
  3. 3Qatar69.6200
  4. 4United Arab Emirates63.1798
  5. 5Brunei54.4602

Lowest

  1. 196Bhutan0.0115
  2. 195Rwanda0.0152
  3. 194Nepal0.0156
  4. 193Burundi0.0203
  5. 192Burkina Faso0.0263

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 1.6929. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031970 → 1971

Since 1970

What changed between 1970 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +1 / −0countries joined / left
  • 195values changed, of 195 in both
  • 143 · 52rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Sint Maarten241.3177 → 195.5711−45.7466
  • Curaçao92.1751 → 79.5277−12.6474
  • Brunei60.7061 → 54.4602−6.2459
  • Libya15.5120 → 10.0432−5.4688
  • Aruba15.7551 → 13.7514−2.0037
+ Maldives

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

  • The position is ours

    Global Carbon Project publishes values only. The order here sorts the published values, and the page says so wherever it prints one.

  • Which end is better

    A higher value is the worse result.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 196 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 4.0. Share, adapt and use commercially. Credit the publisher and say if you changed anything.

Cite this edition

Global Carbon Project (1971). CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1971 [data set], describing 1971. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/co2-per-capita/1971

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07Questions

CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1971: questions and answers

Which country has the highest CO₂ emissions per person in CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1971?

Sint Maarten, at 195.5711, of the 196 countries in the file.

What year does CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1971 describe?

1971.

How many countries does CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1971 cover?

196.

Where can I download CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1971?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1971 the newest?

No. The newest held here is CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 2024.

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